Magic Sword

Boise, Idaho electronic trio Magic Sword make fantasy-themed synth wave music readymade for epic conquests and video games...basically the exact kind of music i would expect an electronic trio called Magic Sword to create.  Check out new tune "Dead Serious" below and download it here.

Daily Jam - Rocket

I think my three favorite cassettes when i was in 4th grade were LL Cool J's "Walking with a Panther," Weird Al Yankovic's "Even Worse," and Def Leppard's "Hysteria."  The '80s were a wild time man.  Here's a track from the latter to start your week.  Listen to "Rocket" below, our Daily Jam.

she's green

I missed this track when it dropped back in February, but remedying that now.  Minneapolis shoegaze band she's green channel their inner Cocteau Twins for new single "Graze," a lush and dreamy track to float away to.  Check it out below and download it here.

Daily Jam - I Was Made for Lovin' You

Because i love you, here's an Italo-disco cover of Kiss's "I Was Made for Lovin' You" by some '80s Eurotrash band called The Nasty Boys.  It's our Daily Jam!  Enjoy below.

Postcards

Here's some great new shoegaze from Beirut band Postcards.  New album "Ripe" is out now.  Get it here from Ruptured Records and listen to the hazy, fuzzy, dreamy "Colorblind" below.

Daily Jam - Love Street

Like a whole lot of people before me, i went through a pretty big Doors phase when i was in high school and college before turning and finding them insufferable.  I think i'm back to appreciating them again.  Here's a favorite that got a lot of play in my dorm room freshman year.  Listen to "Love Street" below, our Daily Jam.

Lazy Legs

Here's some new music from Portland grungey alt-rock band Lazy Legs, their first since 2019.  "Daydream" finds the band dabbling in a mix of slowcore and spacey grunge.  Check the track out below and pre-order the upcoming "Tower" cassette here from the band.

Velvet

And now for some loud and heavy shoegaze from New York's Velvet.  Check out the band's new single "Winter" below and download it here.

Steve Queralt

Ride's Steve Queralt is releasing his debut solo album "Swallow" in June on Sonic Cathedral.  As with most Sonic Cathedral releases, it's selling out fast.  You can still pre-order the LP here if you opt in to get the t-shirt bundle.  While you debate that, listen to the gorgeous new single "Lonely Town," featuring Lush's Emma Anderson below.

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Daily Jam - Apocalypse Dream

While i certainly dig the psychedelic synth pop disco that Australia's Tame Impala have put out the last decade, i kind of miss their more rock-oriented psych pop.  Here's one of my favorites.  Listen to "Apocalypse Dream" below, our Daily Jam.

Yaang

Yaang are a post punk band from Manchester whose music is kind of hard to pin down.  Moody motorik beats give way to anthemic new wave synths give way to hard rock guitar riffs and so on.  It's all kind of intoxicating.  Check out "Comfort" below and grab the band's new "No" EP here from Crackedankles.

HTRK

Australian indie band HTRK just dropped a woozy new single this morning with "Swimming Pool."  The track feels like coming out of a haze, those few seconds upon waking when the dream still feels real.  Check it out below and download it here from Ghostly International, or join their fan club and get the the "Swimming Pool /  Puddle on My Pillow" 7".

Tortoise

Holy shit!  We've got new music from Tortoise.  The iconic experimental post-rock band are back with new single "Oganesson," their first new music in 9 years.  And it's out on the indispensable jazz label International Anthem.  Check it out below and download it here.

Daily Jam - Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)

Yesterday we played an alternate version of a Radiohead song.  Today it's an alternate version of a Pixies song.  Here's the wonderful "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)," our Daily Jam.

Horse Jumper of Love

The excellent Boston slowcore alt-rock band Horse Jumper of Love just dropped two new songs for our listening pleasure.  Check out both "The Idiot" and "The Car Knows the Way" below and download 'em here from Run for Cover Records.

Ciao Kennedy

Belgian instrumental band Ciao Kennedy makes a progressive kind of rock music featuring elements of jazz, hip-hop, disco, synth pop, and so much more.  The result can feel cosmic and cinematic like on the track "Limbo Rainbow."  Groove on it below and grab the new "Solarium" LP here from Sdban Records.

Crush of Souls

Crush of Souls is the project of Crocodiles member Charles Rowell and trades in the sounds of '80s synth pop and darkwave.  Check out the poppy and propulsive "Cult of Two" below and get the band's new "Lézire" LP here from Avant! Records.

Glazyhaze

I love it when a band's name tells you exactly what they're going to sound like, exactly what they're all about.  Italian shoegaze band Glazyhaze has a name that does just that.  Dreamy, crunchy reverb for days.  Listen to "Forgive Me" below and get the band's new "Sonic" LP here.

Sea Lemon

I caught the dreamy shoegaze pop of Sea Lemon a couple of years ago during SXSW, and now the Seattle based artist is readying her debut full-length "Driving for a Prize" for release in June.  Pre-order the LP here or here from Luminelle and listen to "Stay" below.

The Serfs

Dancey Cincinnati post-punk band The Serfs just dropped a new single today with the delightful "Bodies of Water."  This one veers into synth pop territory a la New Order, and it's lovely.  Sway to it below and pay what you want for the download here from Future Shock.

VOWWS

It's been a few years since we last received a full-length album from LA alt-rock band VOWWS, but they've seen fit to release a string of singles over the last couple of years.  "Hurt You" is the latest.  Dig on the moody, synth-laden death rock below and download the tack here from Out of Line Music.

Daily Jam - I Will (Los Angeles Version)

Here's an alternate version of a track from Radiohead's "Hail to Thief."  Listen to "I Will (Los Angeles Version)" below, our Daily Jam.

THiQ

LA duo THiQ make a warbly, lo-fi kind of new wave synth pop with new song "Yes/No," the opening track to their upcoming debut album "The New Cats."  The track feels like it was assembled from random pieces of forgotten and decaying sonic detritus, throwback pop to a time that never really existed.  Check it out below and pre-order the LP here from the band.

The Royal Arctic Institute

New York's The Royal Arctic Institute make ambient-flavored cosmic country for stargazing and long journeys through plains and prairies.  Listen to "Twigs of Cries, Feathers of Sobs" below and pre-order the band's upcoming self-titled LP here from Centripetal Force.

Daily Jam - I Am a Part

And now it's time for some psych-tinged country folk pop from Lee Hazlewood.  But then again, it's always time for Lee Hazlewood around these parts.  Listen to "I Am a Part" below, our Daily Jam.

Gus Englehorn

One more SXSW post (i think).  On the last day of the festival i caught the quirky alt-pop stylings of singer/songwriter Gus Englehorn.  Lo-fi whimsy straight outta the garage.  Dig on "The Itch" below and grab one of the last few cassettes of new album "The Hornbook" here from Secret City Records.

Coma Pony

One of the bands that i caught a week ago at SXSW with no previous knowledge of was the excellently named Mexican post-rock duo Coma Pony.  Their mellow and precise instrumental sounds played perfectly on a cool and sunny day in Austin.  Download their "Mientras Todo Siga Cresciendo Como en el 2018" single here and listen to the title track below.

Magic Wands

Kicking off the work week with some some dreamy, shoegazey darkwave from LA duo Magic Wands.  Listen to the murky "Moonshadow" below and download the track here from Metropolis Records.

Daily Jam - Samishii Sobyou

I discovered the wonderful melancholy sounds of Japanese artist Doji Morita a few years ago.  And though her tenure was brief (1975-1983), i have become a bit obsessed with tracking down here catalog of string and synth laden pop folk.  Here's a track from her third album, "A Boy," from 1977.  Listen to "Samishii Sobyou" below, our Daily Jam.

Witchrot

Toronto band Witchrot make that special kind of psychedelic metal that brings all sorts of people together...those people being bikers, stoners, satanists, and other assorted cultural dirtbags.  So you know it's killer.  New album "Soul Cellar" is out in May.  Pre-order it here and listen to the churning, sludgy "Throat Cutter" below.

Kit Sebastian

Here's a new one from the London based duo Kit Sebastian.  Elements of Eastern psychedelia, Anatolian rock, and other worldly influences soar on "Dehliz."  Listen to the track below and download it here from Brainfeeder.

Daily Jam - Emerald Tendrils

Here's some cool and trippy indie psych pop from mid-'00s for your Sunday afternoon.  Listen to Andrew Douglas Rothbard and "Emerald Tendrils" below, our Daily Jam.

TWÏNS

Turn that dial on to the throwback '70s AM radio sounds of Berlin-based artist TWÏNS, though admittedly, it does get a little weirder than that.  New album "Healing Dreams" is out in May.  Pre-order it here from Earth Libraries and listen to warbled sounds of "Love, Third Variation," featuring Sarah Martin below.

Fuubutsushi

Fuubutsushi is the project of LA-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick Shiroishi.  New track "Harmony of Irrelevant Facts" is a gentle, avant garde mix of jazz and neo-classical minimalism, and a perfect song to listen to on a Saturday morning while drinking coffee.  Check it out below and get the lathe cut 7" here from Whited Sepulchre Records.

Daily Jam - Sleepwalking

Back in the late '00s and early '10s, i bought a lot of indie 7" records.  Just scores of them.  And one was from lo-fi electro-pop duo Cosmetics.  Listen to "Sleepwalking" below, our Daily Jam.

Men I Trust

Montreal dreamy indie pop band Men I Trust just released their new album "Equus Asinus" a couple days ago, and it's quite nice.  Listen to the folk-tinged, album opening "I Come with Mud" below and pay what you want for the whole album here.

Deerhoof

New music from San Francisco based band Deerhoof is always interesting.  They somehow manage to try out all new kinds of sounds while still sounding completely like themselves.  New album "Noble and Godlike in Ruin" is out next month, and the band describes it as "a grotesque in two acts."  Hmm.  We'll have to hear what that's all about.  In the meantime, check out the album closing "Immigrant Songs" below and pre-order the LP here from Joyful Noise Recordings.

Murs

There was a point around 20 years ago when i was really into LA rapper Murs.  Somewhere along the way, i guess i stopped paying attention, but i would be remiss not to mention "Silverlake Rec League," the kick-ass opening track to new album "Love & Rockets 3:16 (The Emancipation)."  Dig on the track below and pre-order the LP here from Mello Music Group.

Previous Industries

LA rap group Previous Industries, the trio of Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave, and STILL RIFT, dropped a surprise new EP earlier this week with "Evergreen Plaza."  Check out "Goldblatt's" below and download the whole thing here from Merge Records.

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Daily Jam - Haunted When the Minutes Drag

I need to listen to more Love and Rockets.  You need to listen to more Love and Rockets.  We all need to listen to more Love and Rockets.  So here's some Love and Rockets.  Listen to "Haunted When the Minutes Drag" below, our Daily Jam.

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Featuring El-P

When UK stoner band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs announced their upcoming album "Death Hilarious" a few weeks back, the track that really stood out from the others as something i wanted desperately to hear was the one called "Glib Tongued," as it features New York rapper/producer and Run The Jewels member El-P.  Well, now we can.  Check out the video for it below and pre-order the album here from Rocket Recordings and Missing Piece Records.

EGGY

Australian avant pop band EGGY are set to release their new album "From Time to Time" tomorrow on Flightless Records.  On new single "Open Field," the band plays a kosmische psych rock groove with elements of krautrock and spacey alt-rock.  Listen to the track and check out the excellent music video for it below featuring a ton of public domain footage spliced together with recordings of the band performing.  And download the album here.

Aux Meadows

Oakland trio Aux Meadows dropped a new album of ambient Americana and instrumental cosmic country a couple weeks back with their "Draw Near" LP.  Music for sweeping plains and sounds that float in the air like dust particles viewable through sun beams from the window.  Listen to "Continuous Still" below and snag the record here on Eiderdown Records.

Huremic

Korean shoegaze artist Parannoul just dropped a new album with new side project Huremic.  On "Seeking Darkness," the artist explores the sounds of psychedelia and cosmic space rock.  Get lost in the noise of "Seeking Darkness Pt. 1" below and pay what you want for the whole album here.

Death Parade

Here's a moody new number from Portland band Death Parade, formerly knows as Laura Palmer's Death Parade, though that was years ago.  Anyway, check out "Limelight" below and download it here from the band.

Daily Jam - The Eternal

Nothing like watching some March Madness and listening to some Joy Division, amirite?  Here's "The Eternal," our Daily Jam.

Riki

LA synth pop artist Riki just dropped new single "Pulser" a few days ago, and it's dark club banger.  Check it out below and download it here from the artist.

Silver Tears

In case you thought we didn't listen to enough post punk, death rock, or darkwave around these parts, here's Berlin based band Silver Tears doing all three.  Listen to the moody, gothy "Remember" below and pre-order the band's self-titled album here from Avant! Records.